...First impressions
I cannot speak for everyone but I do imagine a good number of people buy a laptop based on price and looks. A laptop has to fit into your budget, so that is the number one consideration, but as not many people understand all the different specs it is then often down to looks. Personally I think the Dell Inspiron 15 (3521) is a great looking bit of kit. It has a 15...

...downside for the travelling student is that it is quite heavty and quite noticeably large in lectures so I would get the Dell Mini 10 for note taking purposes. Otherwise, a great computer...
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...Last May, my husband decided we were best off dropping the PC's and getting ourselves laptops. We started off looking at Dell, and he chose an Inspiron 510M for just over one thousand pounds. Yes, it's expensive, but my husband is a website designer, programmer, all round computer guru and needs a damn good quality computer to work with.
So, here are the specs for you, and I will try...